English II 31/10/11 Our Town by: Thornton Wilder Our Town by Thornton Wilder first takes place a town called Grove’s Corners in New Hampshire on May 7th 1901. Act II takes place on July 7th 1904 with a flashback. And Act III takes place in the summer of 1913 with a flashback to 1899. The rising action is the first romantic conversation between George and Emily and the couple’s wedding. The basis of this story is about a group of people that live in a fairly small town and they take life for granted
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Saturday was market day in Cape Town and the streets were crowded with shoppers looking for bargains‚ meeting friends and lovers. Boers and Frenchmen‚ soldiers in colorful uniforms and English ladies in flounced skirts and ruffled blouses mingled in front of the bazaars set up in the town squares at Braameonstein and Park Town and Burgersdorp. Everything was for sale: furniture‚ horses and carriages and fresh fruit. One could purchase dresses and chessboards‚ or meat or books in a dozen different
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Our Town “Our Town”‚ by Thorton Wilder tells a story about life and the people of Grover’s Corners‚ New Hampshire. The choice of Grover’s Corners is meant to typify every small town or community in America. Grover’s Corner is Anytown ‚ U.S.A. It is a simple place and this reflected in the physical setting of the play. Basically‚ Our Town is about Grover’s Corners and its people‚ particularly the Gibbs and Webb families. It takes the audience through the stages of life‚ in a simple way
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1/28/14 My Hometown My hometown is Kaiping‚ it is located in the southwest part of Guangdong province. Although is not a big city‚ but it is a very beautiful and warm city. It is located in the southwest part of Guangdong province. I have been lived there for thirteen years‚ until four years ago our family moved to San Francisco. I love to live in kaiping and I miss the time that I live in kaiping‚ for the environment is so comfortable and it around by greens. Like trees‚ flowers‚ mountains and
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City or Town? “Riza‚ we are planning to move to Kuala Lumpur.” As soon as my mother said that‚ my eyes incredibly got bigger and I made a little protest‚ “What? No! I want to stay here. I love this place.” “Then‚ what about your dad’s work? You know your dad is working there‚” my mom added. I argued‚ “Well‚ what about my schooling here?” Then she said‚ “We will have to move you to another school.” “No‚ I don’t want to!” At the time‚ I didn’t let my mother have a chance to change my mind.
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Comparing “the winter dreams”& “the great Gatsby” Have you fallen in love with a person and used them for money? In the two stories describes two girls use men for money. There are many similarities and differences of Judy from “winter dreams” and daisy from “the great Gatsby”. Judy Jones and daisy Buchanan are beautiful‚ wealthy‚ and shallow young women who love but money. Both Judy and daisy dress flimsy clothes witch shows a lack of character. They know that they can get men with their
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growing up in a small town. Small communities allow people to become acquainted‚ acquire a sense of security and familiarity. Although there may be many apparent positive aspects to smaller towns‚ people often living in acquire what is called a ’small town mentality’. This can be described as a unified way of thinking and behaving. Individuality and diversity are suppressed while town’s people begin to conform to traditionalistic views and stereotypes. Ways in which this small town mentality affects
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Winter Syntax In the poem‚ "Winter Syntax"‚ Billy Collins writes about the difficulties of writing literature through the representation of a "lone traveler" and his adventures through a blizzard. He starts off the poem emphasizing the importance of the first sentence and how it is portrayed as a lone traveler going through a tough blizzard. By using the analogy of the traveler‚ Collins allows readers to imagine the difficulties a writer goes through while writing. Collins ends the poem saying
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Q- Town planning is a science as well as art ? Town planning is a science as well as art .The art and science of ordering the use of land and sitting of buildings and communication routes so as to secure the maximum practicable degree of economy‚ convenience and beauty within available resources and time frame. If all artistic sense is forgotten in planning we start to build places that lack culture. Sure we can add an institution that may bring culture to that area‚ but the area itself lacks
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A Small Town South Dakota‚ 1946. A small isolated town‚ known for it’s wheat crop‚ it’s ten acres of wheat crops. One night‚ the sky was pitch black and everything was so quiet you could hear the electrical noise coming from the outside cables. Houses were lightened by one light in the living room and the streets were illuminated by one street light per block. When suddenly an object flashes in the sky‚ it made a loud screeching noise. Families walked outside to see what was happening‚ and
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